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Giga Chikadze

Featherweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #85; v1.1 (shadow) #74

Descriptive profile. The resume rank is what has been earned; these statistics are context, not a prediction. A test on Oct 20, 2026 found that career statistics add nothing reliable to age, layoff and experience as predictors of the next result (experiments/REGISTER.md, EXP-2026-10-20-14).

Weight band 82-86: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights. Rating 1,580, deviation 125: measured from 13 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.

Age 38 (born 1988-08-25) · Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) · Reach 74 in (188 cm) · Stance Orthodox · 43 days since last bout (2026-09-19) · Last five 1-4 · Streak L4

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,580 is the division's 26th highest of 94 board fighters; the ledger stands at -3.2 (+0.8 from quality wins, less 1.0 for blowout losses, less 3.0 for other losses outside the top 5; losses count for three years); 3 quality wins in 15 years, 1 over top-10 opponents; form penalty 0.60 for a 1-4 last five. Score -0.63 = +0.14 (rating term, 70% weight) -0.17 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.60 (form penalty); score order put him at #85.

TermValueDetail
Score-0.6370% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term+0.14resume rating 1,580, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term-0.17quality ledger -3.2: +0.8 QW +0.0 proof -1.0 blowout -3.0 weak
Form penalty0.60last five 1-4
Quality wins, 15 years31 over top-10 opponents, 3 over top-15
Placementscore order #85v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#74score -0.57; score order #74

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

Last ten bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-09-19UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2Joanderson BritounrankedLKO/TKO1 (1:57)43%
2025-12-13UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. KapeKevin VallejosunrankedLKO/TKO2 (1:29)60%
2025-04-26UFC Fight Night: Machado Garry vs. PratesDavid OnamaunrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)62%
2024-07-27UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2Arnold Allen#6Lunanimous decision3 (5:00)45%
2023-08-26UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean ZombieAlex Caceres#15Wunanimous decision3 (5:00)52%
2022-01-15UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. ChikadzeCalvin Kattar#5Lunanimous decision5 (5:00)68%
2021-08-28UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. ChikadzeEdson Barboza#9WKO/TKO3 (1:44)58%
2021-05-01UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. ProchazkaCub Swanson#15WKO/TKO1 (1:03)42%
2020-11-07UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. TeixeiraJamey SimmonsunrankedWKO/TKO1 (3:51)68%
2020-10-10UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. SandhagenOmar MoralesunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)49%

Opp. official rank = the UFC media-panel rank of the opponent on the date (C champion, #1 to #15, unranked; n/a before Feb 2013 or where no official board existed). Model p = the predictive model's pre-fight win chance for him (frozen performance-adjusted Elo; bouts before 2020 were in its tuning sample). Linked opponents have a profile.

Career statistics

Through 2026-10-31, UFC bouts only. Percentile = share of the 94 board fighters at Featherweight at or below this value; high is a position in the division, not a verdict.

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute3.84(47th percentile at Featherweight)
Significant strike accuracy42%(29th percentile at Featherweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.58(69th percentile at Featherweight)
Share of wins by finish38%(33rd percentile at Featherweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute3.55(40th percentile at Featherweight)
Significant strike defence60%(81st percentile at Featherweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.19(45th percentile at Featherweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career551(86th percentile at Featherweight)
KO/TKO losses2 (last 2026-09-19, 43 days ago)(96th percentile at Featherweight)
Submission losses0(77th percentile at Featherweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.069(59th percentile at Featherweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes0.19(24th percentile at Featherweight)
Takedown defence69%(62nd percentile at Featherweight)
Share of cage time in control2%(15th percentile at Featherweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground9%(26th percentile at Featherweight)
Stylestriker (0.5 takedown attempts per 15 min; 2% control)
Career stage
Age38.2(93rd percentile at Featherweight)
Age at UFC debut31.1(83rd percentile at Featherweight)
Years since UFC debut7.1(85th percentile at Featherweight)
UFC bouts13(88th percentile at Featherweight)
Cage time, minutes155(86th percentile at Featherweight)
Bouts per year, last three years1.3(50th percentile at Featherweight)
Days since last bout43(19th percentile at Featherweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C2040608010020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262023-10-06: #6, Featherweight2023-10-13: #6, Featherweight2023-10-20: #7, Featherweight2023-11-03: #7, Featherweight2023-11-10: #7, Featherweight2023-11-17: #7, Featherweight2023-12-01: #7, Featherweight2023-12-08: #7, Featherweight2023-12-15: #7, Featherweight2024-01-12: #8, Featherweight2024-01-19: #7, Featherweight2024-02-02: #8, Featherweight2024-02-09: #8, Featherweight2024-02-16: #8, Featherweight2024-02-23: #8, Featherweight2024-03-01: #9, Featherweight2024-03-08: #9, Featherweight2024-03-15: #9, Featherweight2024-03-22: #9, Featherweight2024-03-29: #8, Featherweight2024-04-05: #8, Featherweight2024-04-12: #8, Featherweight2024-04-26: #9, Featherweight2024-05-03: #9, Featherweight2024-05-10: #9, Featherweight2024-05-17: #9, Featherweight2024-05-31: #9, Featherweight2024-06-07: #9, Featherweight2024-06-14: #9, Featherweight2024-06-21: #9, Featherweight2024-06-28: #9, Featherweight2024-07-12: #9, Featherweight2024-07-19: #9, Featherweight2024-07-26: #9, Featherweight2024-08-02: #11, Featherweight2024-08-09: #11, Featherweight2024-08-16: #11, Featherweight2024-08-23: #11, Featherweight2024-09-06: #12, Featherweight2024-09-13: #12, Featherweight2024-09-27: #13, Featherweight2024-10-04: #12, Featherweight2024-10-11: #12, Featherweight2024-10-18: #12, Featherweight2024-10-25: #12, Featherweight2024-11-01: #12, Featherweight2024-11-08: #12, Featherweight2024-11-15: #12, Featherweight2024-11-22: #12, Featherweight2024-12-06: #12, Featherweight2024-12-13: #12, Featherweight2025-01-10: #12, Featherweight2025-01-17: #10, Featherweight2025-01-31: #10, Featherweight2025-02-07: #10, Featherweight2025-02-14: #10, Featherweight2025-02-21: #10, Featherweight2025-02-28: #11, Featherweight2025-03-07: #11, Featherweight2025-03-14: #11, Featherweight2025-03-21: #11, Featherweight2025-03-28: #11, Featherweight2025-04-04: #11, Featherweight2025-04-11: #11, Featherweight2025-04-25: #11, Featherweight2025-05-02: #22, Featherweight2025-05-09: #22, Featherweight2025-05-16: #22, Featherweight2025-05-30: #23, Featherweight2025-06-06: #23, Featherweight2025-06-13: #23, Featherweight2025-06-20: #22, Featherweight2025-06-27: #22, Featherweight2025-07-11: #19, Featherweight2025-07-18: #19, Featherweight2025-07-25: #19, Featherweight2025-08-01: #19, Featherweight2025-08-08: #19, Featherweight2025-08-15: #19, Featherweight2025-08-22: #19, Featherweight2025-09-05: #18, Featherweight2025-09-12: #18, Featherweight2025-09-26: #18, Featherweight2025-10-03: #18, Featherweight2025-10-10: #18, Featherweight2025-10-17: #18, Featherweight2025-10-24: #18, Featherweight2025-10-31: #18, Featherweight2025-11-07: #18, Featherweight2025-11-14: #18, Featherweight2025-11-21: #18, Featherweight2025-12-05: #19, Featherweight2025-12-12: #20, Featherweight2026-01-23: #74, Featherweight2026-01-30: #77, Featherweight2026-02-06: #76, Featherweight2026-02-20: #76, Featherweight2026-02-27: #75, Featherweight2026-03-06: #75, Featherweight2026-03-13: #73, Featherweight2026-03-20: #73, Featherweight2026-03-27: #77, Featherweight2026-04-03: #77, Featherweight2026-04-10: #77, Featherweight2026-04-17: #77, Featherweight2026-04-24: #77, Featherweight2026-05-01: #77, Featherweight2026-05-08: #78, Featherweight2026-05-15: #78, Featherweight2026-05-29: #78, Featherweight2026-06-05: #79, Featherweight2026-06-13: #77, Featherweight2026-06-19: #77, Featherweight2026-06-26: #78, Featherweight2026-07-10: #79, Featherweight2026-07-17: #79, Featherweight2026-07-24: #81, Featherweight2026-07-31: #81, Featherweight2026-08-07: #80, Featherweight2026-08-14: #80, Featherweight2026-08-21: #80, Featherweight2026-08-28: #82, Featherweight2026-09-04: #82, Featherweight2026-09-11: #82, Featherweight2026-09-18: #84, Featherweight2026-09-25: #88, Featherweight2026-09-26: #87, Featherweight2026-10-03: #88, Featherweight2026-10-10: #87, Featherweight2026-10-17: #86, Featherweight2026-10-24: #86, Featherweight2026-10-31: #85, Featherweight#85

Position on the registered v1.0 board at each weekly snapshot (C = title holder or reserved, drawn at the top; lower is better).

Predictive rating by bout

1,5001,5501,6001,6501,7001,7501,80020212022202320242025Sep 2019Oct 20262019-09-28: 1,527 (W vs Brandon Davis)2020-03-07: 1,521 (W vs Jamall Emmers)2020-05-16: 1,570 (W vs Irwin Rivera)2020-10-10: 1,628 (W vs Omar Morales)2020-11-07: 1,655 (W vs Jamey Simmons)2021-05-01: 1,730 (W vs Cub Swanson)2021-08-28: 1,768 (W vs Edson Barboza)2022-01-15: 1,721 (L vs Calvin Kattar)2023-08-26: 1,695 (W vs Alex Caceres)2024-07-27: 1,673 (L vs Arnold Allen)2025-04-26: 1,634 (L vs David Onama)2025-12-13: 1,585 (L vs Kevin Vallejos)2026-09-19: 1,533 (L vs Joanderson Brito)1,533

Rating after each UFC bout from the frozen predictive model (performance-adjusted Elo, data/processed/elo_history.csv; a debut starts at 1,500). The resume rating's history is not stored, so this is the predictive line, which is a different number from the resume rating in the header.

Trajectory

Recent performances run about 121 points behind the rating: fighters this age typically run 79 points behind their rating, and his own recent results put him a further 42 points behind.

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component-79what fighters aged 38.2 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results-42his recency-weighted mean and trend over 13 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend -13 points a year
Combined-121the rating's likely distance from his current performance level, in rating points
Readingbehind ratingahead of, in line with (within 30 points), or behind the rating

Performance relative to the rating, by age

-1.0-0.5+0.0+0.5+1.0303132333435363738392019-09-28 (age 31.1): W vs Brandon Davis, residual +0.142020-03-07 (age 31.5): W vs Jamall Emmers, residual -0.052020-05-16 (age 31.7): W vs Irwin Rivera, residual +0.332020-10-10 (age 32.1): W vs Omar Morales, residual +0.352020-11-07 (age 32.2): W vs Jamey Simmons, residual +0.362021-05-01 (age 32.7): W vs Cub Swanson, residual +0.522021-08-28 (age 33.0): W vs Edson Barboza, residual +0.562022-01-15 (age 33.4): L vs Calvin Kattar, residual -0.322023-08-26 (age 35.0): W vs Alex Caceres, residual +0.212024-07-27 (age 35.9): L vs Arnold Allen, residual -0.072025-04-26 (age 36.7): L vs David Onama, residual -0.232025-12-13 (age 37.3): L vs Kevin Vallejos, residual -0.642026-09-19 (age 38.1): L vs Joanderson Brito, residual -0.46-0.17

Each dot is one decided UFC bout at his age then: the performance score minus the rating's expectation, on the score's own scale from -1 to +1 (filled = win, hollow = loss; above zero is better than the rating implied; a finish as a slight favourite is about +0.45). The dashed line is the population curve for all fighters; the solid line is this fighter's own fitted level and trend as of the data date, weighted toward recent bouts. One unit sustained over many bouts corresponds to about 695 rating points; a single bout's residual is noisy.

Held-out evidence (walk-forward 2016 to 2026, EXP-2026-10-21-01): the age curve held in every test year; the individual component is a weak signal (correlation 0.06 with the next bout's residual; among fighters aged 33 or over, the lowest predicted quartile won 38% of next bouts against 53% expected, the highest 48% against 52%) and adds nothing to bout prediction beyond the shadow model. No board uses any of it: the rankings answer who has earned the place, not who wins next (EXP-2026-10-20-09). Method: src/mmalab/decline.py; settings: config/decline.yaml (expectation from the resume rating; one unit of residual is about 695 rating points).

Context flags

Descriptive only. Each line is a population fact about fighters like him, not a forecast for him; the register entries hold the measurements.

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